Patents Examined by Mark Connolly
  • Patent number: 11971771
    Abstract: Systems and methods for peer data storage device messaging over a control bus for power management are disclosed. Storage devices may include a host interface configured to connect to a host system and a control bus interface to connect to a control bus. Peer data storage devices may establish peer communication through the control bus interface, determine a power state, receive a power change indicator from a peer data storage device, and initiate a change in their power state. The peer data storage devices may manage their collective power as a power pool and increase or decrease power use without host intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Moshe, Danny Berler
  • Patent number: 11969945
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described. The system includes a reader to 1) read an identifier from a three-dimensional (3D) System printed object that includes a storage element and 2) read a location of the 3D printed object within a build material bed. An extractor of the system extracts, based on the identifier, a post processing operation to execute on the 3D printed object. A controller of the system controls a post processing operation based on extracted post processing operation information and the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Jarrid Wittkopf, Rafael Ballagas, David Wayne George, Lihua Zhao, William J. Allen
  • Patent number: 11967825
    Abstract: A stability control method for a virtual synchronous generator (VSG) in a strong grid based on an inductance-current differential feedback is provided. A grid-connected topological structure of a VSG using the control method includes a direct-current (DC)-side voltage source, a three-phase inverter, a three-phase grid impedance and a three-phase grid. By controlling the VSG and controlling the inductance-current differential feedback, the method suppresses the oscillation of the output power from the VSG in the strong grid and implements the stable operation of an inner-loop-free VSG in the strong grid, without adding the physical inductance, increasing the cost of the filter and additionally providing a grid-side current sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Zhang, Zixuan Guo, Shaolong Chen, Yang Wang, Hailong Pan, Qian Gao, Zhen Xie
  • Patent number: 11965665
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an air conditioning apparatus, and a controller. The air conditioning apparatus performs air conditioning of an air-conditioning target space. The controller is connectable to a plurality of types of thermostats. The controller performs communication with the thermostat connected thereto. The controller performs a performance determination process for the refrigeration cycle apparatus. The controller performs different performance determination processes according to whether a first type of thermostat is connected thereto unit or whether a second type of thermostat is connected thereto. Alternatively, the air conditioning apparatus changes a method for using information received by the controller from the thermostat according to whether being in a determination processing time over which the performance determination process is performed or in a non-determination processing time over which the performance determination process is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuka Sadai, Akihiro Inao, Shuji Fujimoto, Shinichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11960340
    Abstract: A method for controlling a data processing system includes detecting a droop in a power supply voltage of a functional circuit of the data processing system greater than a programmable droop threshold. An operation of the data processing system is throttled according to a programmable step size, a programmable assertion time, and a programmable de-assertion time in response to detecting the droop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Chapman, Stephen Victor Kosonocky, Kaushik Mazumdar, Vydhyanathan Kalyanasundharam, Samuel Naffziger, Eric M. Scott
  • Patent number: 11953957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a computer environment are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks can be used to adjust one or more flow control valves, of a liquid cooling system for a data center, to control a variation in liquid flow rate across the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 11956004
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a communication interface that acquires data output from a data output apparatus and supplies power to the data output apparatus; a storage that writes the data to a medium; a controller that controls the storage; a power supply that supplies power to the storage; and a power receiver that receives power from an external power source and supplies power to the communication interface and the power supply. In response to detecting a power outage and/or a voltage drop of the external power source, the controller controls the communication interface to stop supplying power to the data output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kojima, Jun Naraoka
  • Patent number: 11946662
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for predicting an amount of temperature change of a target zone are provided. The method includes collecting a plurality of base information, and calculating base relationship information between an indoor/outdoor temperature difference of the target zone and an amount of temperature change of the target zone on the basis of the plurality of base information. Each of the plurality of base information is information on the amount of temperature change of the target zone according to the indoor/outdoor temperature difference of the target zone during a late night time section, and the late night time section is set on the basis of at least one of activity schedule information, a sunrise time point, and a sunset time point of the target zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEEDN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyun Woong Choi, Won Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 11939960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying optimized yaw settings to wind turbines including receiving operating data from at least one wind turbine on a wind farm and sending the data to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system on the at least one wind turbine to generate current SCADA data. The current SCADA data is sent a central processing center away from the wind farm. The central processing center includes an optimization system that can generate a new look up table (LUT) including at least one new wind turbine yaw setting calculated using information comprising wind direction, wind velocity, wind turbine location in the wind farm, information from a historic SCADA database, and yaw optimizing algorithms. The new LUT is then sent to a yaw setting selection engine (YSSE) where instructions regarding the use of the new LUT are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VAYU CORP.
    Inventors: Jim Kiles, Jon Sigerman, Zachary Lebovitz, August Kiles, Ashish Badjatia
  • Patent number: 11940857
    Abstract: A multi-element device includes a plurality of memory elements, each of which includes a memory array, access circuitry to control access to the memory array, and power control circuitry. The power control circuitry, which includes one or more control registers for storing first and second control values, controls distribution of power to the access circuitry in accordance with the first control value, and controls distribution of power to the memory array in accordance with the second control value. Each memory element also includes sideband circuitry for enabling a host system to set at least the first control value and the second control value in the one or more control registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: RAMBUS INC.
    Inventors: Deborah Lindsey Dressler, Julia Kelly Cline, Wayne Frederick Ellis
  • Patent number: 11920815
    Abstract: A smart thermostat for controlling the ambient air temperature in a first area when the smart thermostat is located in a second area. One or more desired setpoint temperatures are changed automatically by the smart thermostat based on one or more setpoint modification factors, such as the time of day, current season, location, orientation and present and future weather conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Thibault
  • Patent number: 11921530
    Abstract: A power supply system includes an output terminal, a power supply control chip, a power supply switch and a detection device. The power supply control chip is configured to adjust the amount of an input power providing to an electronic device by the power supply device. The power supply switch is configured to control the connection between the power supply device and the power supply control chip. The detection device is configured to detect whether the power supply control chip operates normally. When the power supply control chip operates abnormally, the detection device controls the connection between the power supply device and the power supply control chip through the power supply switch for restarting the power supply control chip. The power supply control chip, the power supply switch and the detection device are disposed in an enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Chung Wang, Cheng-Yu Shu, Wei-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 11914334
    Abstract: An object is to make it possible to acquire a parameter or a first physical quantity that has been learned and an evaluation function value and thereby check the progress or the result of machine learning. An output device includes: an information acquisition unit which acquires, from a machine learning device that performs machine learning on a servo control device for controlling a servo motor driving the axis of a machine tool, a robot or an industrial machine, a parameter or a first physical quantity of a constituent element of the servo control device that is being machine learned or has been machine learned and an evaluation function value; and an output unit which outputs information indicating a relationship between the acquired parameter, the first physical quantity or a second physical quantity determined from the parameter and the evaluation function value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoutarou Tsuneki, Satoshi Ikai, Takaki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11913308
    Abstract: A method that includes an electronic application identifying a downlink sequence for execution by a surface control system of a drilling rig, with the sequence including target output values of a mud pump system and/or a drive system. The method includes instructing the control system to operate in accordance with the sequence. The application receives measured output values of the mud pump system and/or the drive system and calculates differences between the target and measured output values. When the differences are within a level of tolerance, then the application identifies the control system as compliant; and when the differences are greater than the level of tolerance, then the application identifies the control system as non-compliant. The method also includes the application receiving data from a BHA of the drilling rig and determining, based on the data received, if a downlink to the BHA was successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Groover, Drew Curran
  • Patent number: 11907030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that may be implemented in real time to determine the total volumetric rate of airflow through a chassis enclosure of an information handling system platform directly from real time measured cooling fan power consumption in combination with standalone or system-level cooling fan power characteristics (e.g., expressed as cooling fan power curves) that relate cooling fan volumetric airflow rate to cooling fan power consumption at the current fan rotation speed. This determined value of total real time volumetric airflow rate may then be used, for example, by individual system level thermal control algorithms and/or data center level thermal control algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Eiland, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Patent number: 11894936
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power adapter configured for direct connection to a Power Supply Unit (PSU) installed in a network device, the power adapter comprising a power input port for receiving power on an Ethernet cable, a power converter module for converting the power received at the power input port to a PSU input power, and a power output connector for connection with a PSU power input connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Jessica Kiefer, Douglas Paul Arduini
  • Patent number: 11879652
    Abstract: A device-registration-work assisting system includes a plurality of notification units, and a mobile terminal carriable by a worker. Each notification unit is built in or disposed near one of a plurality of devices subjected to registration work. The mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display information regarding each of the devices, and a selection unit configured to select a corresponding one of the devices. The notification unit is configured to notify the worker by light, sound, or motion in response to the corresponding device being selected with the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Higashiyama, Hiroshi Dohmae, Daisuke Satou, Sou Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 11880190
    Abstract: Provided is a deployment platform for deployment of an industrial application on an edge computing device, ECD, connected to the controller of a machine tool, MT, the deployment platform including a model management component, MMC, adapted to instantiate a generic machine tool model, GMTM, stored in a memory to provide a machine instance model, MIM, of the respective machine tool, MT, on the basis of a machine tool data report, MTDR, received by the model management component, MMC, from the edge computing device, ECD, of the respective machine tool, MT, and further adapted to convert generic data requirements, gR, of a generic industrial application into machine tool specific requirements, mtsR, using the machine instance model, MIM, of the respective machine tool, MT, wherein an instantiated industrial application for the machine tool, MT, is provided by instantiating the generic industrial application by extending its configuration data with machine tool specific requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michal Skubacz, Gunther Birk, Jan-Gregor Fischer, Steffen Lamparter, Maja Milicic Brandt, Josep Soler Garrido
  • Patent number: 11870243
    Abstract: Provided is a renewable power generation plant, a computer program product and method of controlling a renewable power generation plant including a power converter for connecting the renewable power generation plant to a power transmission network; a circuit breaker arrangement between the power converter and the power transmission network including a circuit breaker for each phase of the renewable power generation plant; and a converter controller configured to generate control signals for the power converter and control signals for the circuit breaker arrangement; which method includes the steps of detecting the occurrence of a phase-to-ground fault event in one of the phases of the power transmission network; issuing control signals to the circuit breaker arrangement to keep the circuit breakers closed during the phase-to-ground event; and issuing control signals to the power converter to ride through the phase-to-ground fault event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Matuonto, Santiago Lentijo, Rajat Majumder, Didier Velez Castellano
  • Patent number: 11860703
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein determining one or more vulnerable instructions in workload code and determining one or more additional instructions to be inserted in the workload code based at least in part on a power model of a system bus of a processor, when a power model of a processor is dependent on an order of instructions of workload code, inserting the one or more additional instructions with dependency to the workload code to produce complementary power consumption of the system bus to power consumption of the system bus from executing the one or more vulnerable instructions; and when the power model is not dependent on the order of instructions of workload code, inserting the one or more additional instructions without dependency to the workload code to produce complementary power consumption of the system bus to power consumption of the system bus from executing the one or more vulnerable instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhishek Chakraborty, Chen Liu, Jason Fung, Neer Roggel